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BEND
Urban growth
boundary
back on table
Bend-La Pine Schools
District makes ‘proactive’
land buy for future school
Council wants changes to bill,
more affordable housing
Petrosa housing development
to have infrastructure already
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
T
he Petrosa housing development
— located off Eagle Road and But-
ler Market Road just outside Bend’s
northeastern city limits — isn’t much to look
at yet.
There are a handful of finished roads,
and some foundational work, but passersby
wouldn’t see the frames of any buildings.
The actual houses won’t be ready for move
in until the summer or fall, said Jessica Se-
idel, marketing director for housing devel-
oper Pahlisch Homes.
But that didn’t stop Bend-La Pine Schools
from spending nearly $2.9 million to pur-
chase 10 acres of land in the northern part of
Petrosa, with the intention of building the
district’s 19th elementary school at that site.
See Petrosa / A6
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
A bill that would bring about 260 acres of
land into Bend’s urban growth boundary is
again being considered after being delayed
by the Republican walkout in the state Leg-
islature last year.
But this year, a new Bend City Council is
proposing some changes to the bill in an ef-
fort to ensure more diverse and affordable
housing will be developed, said city Coun-
cilor Anthony Broadman.
“If this project succeeds, this could be the
most complete, sustainable expansion area
in the history of our city, and it would come
at a time when our housing needs are as
acute as they’ve ever been.”
The bill, a version of which was first in-
troduced last year by state Rep. Brian Clem,
D-Salem, would bring the other half of the
642-acre Stevens Road tract into the urban
growth boundary.
Construction crews work at the new Petrosa housing development near Deschutes Market
and Butler Market roads Wednesday just northeast of the Bend city limits.
See Stevens Road / A9
In ironic twist,
Blockbuster movie
comes to Netflix
BY KYLE SPURR
The Bulletin
Before two Bend filmmakers created
their documentary “The Last Blockbuster,”
they thought it would be funny if their
movie appeared on Netflix.
As the most popular streaming service in
the world, Netflix led to the demise of video
rental stores such as Blockbuster, which
went from about 9,000 stores at its peak to
just one off Third Street in Bend.
Starting Monday, the unexpected will
happen. The Blockbuster documentary will
be available on Netflix. The film, which di-
rector Taylor Morden created with film-
maker Zeke Kamm, is expected to be on the
platform for at least a year.
See Blockbuster / A6
Bend homeless camp cleanup draws criticism
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
BY SUZANNE ROIG • The Bulletin
Eight days into a work stoppage, the first
in more than four decades at St. Charles
Bend, the union representing therapists,
technicians and technologists met again
Thursday with hospital administration and
a federal mediator.
The hospital and the Oregon Federation
of Nurses and Health Professionals are at
odds over salary and shift wages for the esti-
mated 154 workers. In addition, the hospital
said in a prepared statement that it objected
to the union’s request for a closed shop,
which means that any new technicians,
technologists or therapists hired would be
required to join the union.
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
See St. Charles / A6
An ODOT crew removes materials from a homeless camp near Revere Avenue and the Bend Parkway on Thursday.
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A cleanup at a homeless camp off Revere
Avenue near the interchange with the Bend
Parkway has drawn ire from some activists.
On Thursday morning, workers with the
Oregon Department of Transportation and
Bend Police Department brought in equip-
ment to clean up an area of roughly half a
dozen camps. The notice for the cleanup
was posted Feb. 25, said Peter Murphy, a
spokesperson for ODOT.
Murphy said initially the agency posted
only one eviction notice for one particular
camp that was not keeping the area clean.
But later in the day, the ODOT District
10 manager decided to negotiate with the
camper, who will now be allowed to stay.
“We are sufficiently apprised of her desire
to abide by our rules. She met the threshold
to stay,” Murphy said.
See Homeless / A6
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